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Artwork for recent music releases by Scuba

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Architectural rendering; the techniques of contemporary presentation. 1972

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CONDOMAXIUM.

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minor street / major street intersection.

"before" typical American intersection

"after" sketch with expanded sidewalks, raised crosswalks, bollards to guide turning cars, and a curb-protected bike lane

NACTO Urban Street Design Guide 

via bikeportland: Three local agencies just endorsed these visions for better streets, 19.12.13.

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this is art

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Amsterdam

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Architecture of Bureau de Change

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3D elevation + 1899 USGS Grand Teton map by Scott Reinhard

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Stavanger, Norway (by Clive Metcalfe)

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The 21-story and 134-meters-high (equivalent to a normal 40-story skyscraper), windowlees New York Telephone Switching Building. 811 Tenth Avenue between West 53rd to 54th streets, Kahn & Jacobs. Architects, 1961-1963. 

View looking northwest of the New York Telephone Switching Building, during its construction, in Spring 1962.

Photo: Andy Barbera.

Source: Architectural Forum. December, 1962.

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Cuckoo Blocks by Guido Zimmermann

“Cuckoo Blocks” are Zimmermann’s answer to the traditional cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest in Germany. They present a contemporary view of urban living and compelling architecture. The hull is new, but the soul, a clockwork with a cuckoo, is still an old one.

Two aspects have a special significance here: buildings with a striking history and architectural value, as well as living in social flashpoints. Both are connected to the blocky, massive concrete construction.

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Untitled (Hotel Pool), 1970’s

William Eggleston

(Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy David Zwirner Books)